snowseau commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
I always struggle with this. If I donât like a book, I either soften my thoughts too much or avoid posting altogether because I feel bad. I never want to tear down authors or hurt anyoneâs feelings, but at the same time sometimes a book is just bad or doesn't work for you and thatâs okay.
So how do you go about it? How do you phrase criticism in a way that feels fair but not mean?
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Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
Veronica Roth
snowseau commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
Do you guys ever feel bad about reading a novella and seeing your yearly reading count go up? I started thinking about it when I read some of the Amazon Prime Original novellas for Valentineâs this year. Iâm at my best reading year to date thanks to connecting to audiobooks for the first time and these novellas, but sometimes I feel like itâs not valid. Like I should count all of the novellas as 1 book to compensate for the fact that a 500-pg novel is also being counted the same. Iâve felt the same about graphic novels and manga in the pastâitâs not like Iâm not reading, theyâre just shorter form content, but I still wondered if anyone had similar feelings.
snowseau commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
For me, Iâve been wanting to read The Count of Monte Cristo since I visited Marseille and Château dâIf but the page count intimidates meâŚitâs much longer than what I typically read, it feels daunting to take on such a huge book.
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The Ballad of Perilous Graves
Alex Jennings
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I can't resist fairy tale retellings, and I really liked the story. Being told from an "outside perspective" (meaning not Snow of the queen) brought a much different take to this classic story, and I'm here for it. I wasn't the biggest fan of how Anja and Javier acted like shy, bumbling teenagers around each other though. Surely by 35 they would be over it.
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Hemlock & Silver
T. Kingfisher
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Hemlock & Silver
T. Kingfisher
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This was pretty much their videos in book format, so I'm not complaining. It's a compilation of bite-sized science facts that really do answer some of the world's weirdest questions.
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AsapSCIENCE: Answers to the Worldâs Weirdest Questions, Most Persistent Rumors & Unexplained Phenomena
Mitchell Moffit
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AsapSCIENCE: Answers to the Worldâs Weirdest Questions, Most Persistent Rumors & Unexplained Phenomena
Mitchell Moffit
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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
Stephenie Meyer
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Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, #4)
Stephenie Meyer
snowseau commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
How many Libby (or other various library options) holds are you currently waiting on??? (Curious to see if anyone panic holds every book ever just for them to be suspended for weeks⌠currently at 24đŤ˘)
snowseau commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum
what status do you set for them if youâve only read one chapter or a few parts? or would it just not count at all if thatâs the case?